Joseph wappenstein



J. WAPPENSTEIN.

METALLIC SEAL.

No. 87,017. Patented Feb. 16, 1869.

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OF CINCINNATI, OHIO."

Letters Patent No. 87,017, dated Framer-3116,1869; antedated Februa/ry8, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT m M TALLIC SEALS;

To whom it may concern;- Be it known that I, JOSEPH WAPPENSTEIN, ofOinciunati, Hamilton county, and State of Ohio, have invented a certainnew and useful Metallic Seal; and do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specificar tion.

This is an improvement, in the class of devices made the subject of apatent tome, on the 17th of March, 1857.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents the complete seal, in perspectiveat A, and axial section at B. a

Figure 2 is a perspective view ot the several parts detached.

Figure 3 is a plan view, with the soft-metal plug removed, showing indifferent colors the positions of the wire connection before .and afterthe introduction of said plug, as hereinafter more fully described.

Inasmuch as seals made in my present improved form embodyseveralfeatures of that originally patented, I will follow the terms anddescriptions of said patent, so far as they are applicable to thepresent case.

A is a button or bezel, stamped in annular form out of brass or othersuitable hard metal, that is to say, with a hole, a, punched out of itscentre, and a flange, a, turned upon its periphery.

B is a plug, made of lead or other soft metal, having a shank, b, ofjust the diameter to fit the hole a, and a head, I), to tit within theflange a.

So far as -above.described, the device corresponds substantially withthat of my patent aforesaid, but it difi'ers from said device in theprovision of two pairs of holes, 1 1 and 2 2, on opposite sides of thebutton, the vidual holes 1 1 or 2 2 of each pair being somewhat closerto each other than the diameter of the shank b. 1 I Through these holesI insert the extremities of a twisted wire, 0, preferably of two or morestrands,,said wire having been previously looped through the parts ofthe package desired to be closed thereby.

I Previous to'or after insertion, as aforesaid, the parts of the wire 0,in.the immediate vicinity of the hole a are bent or bowed outward, asshown in red in fig. 3, so as to admit the plug, and so as, when theplug is stamped, as hereafter explained, to anchor the wire securelywithin the substance of the seal, and to prevent its removal withoutdestruction of the seal.

The partshaving been placed as above, are inserted with the shank buppermost, in a suitable press, by

means of which the-sofl-metal-plug is spread, so as'to secure-the partstogether, the face of the seal being at the same time imprinted with anydesired impression/ By means of the twisted-wire loop caused to enterthe orifices 1 1 and 2 2, and being bent past the shankb, I am enabledto attach or apply my seal much more rapidly. and also more securelythan in my former device.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- The combination, with thehard-metal annular button A a a and soft-metal plug B 1), adapted to beunited in the mannerdescribed, of the perforations 1, 2, and wire loop0, substantially as and for-the purposes specified.

I In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH WAPPENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

Geo. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

